ELIZABETH WALKER testifies in Hillsborough Circuit Court on Thursday about the death of her son, lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare.

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By JASON GEARYTHE LEDGER

Published: Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 11:58 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, November 30, 2012 at 9:47 a.m.

UPDATE: TAMPA | The murder trial of Dorice "DeeDee" Moore is being delayed slightly this morning because the 40-year-old Lakeland woman has had an adverse reaction to medicine.

Moore was delayed in receiving her prescribed medicine and also had an adverse reaction to a medicine that caused her tongue to swell.

A doctor is coming to Tampa's downtown courthouse to evaluate and treat her.

Circuit Court Judge Emmett Lamar Battles said Moore will receive medical attention that she needs, and the trial is expected to continue later today.

Deputies are also working to adjust Moore's ankle shackles so they don't harm her. The judge suggested additional socks for Moore might be necessary.

Today's article appears below:

TAMPA | Elizabeth Walker recalled Thursday the last time she saw her son, Abraham Shakespeare, alive.

Her son — a multimillionaire lottery winner who gave away most of his fortune — brought over a CD player to replace a broken one at her house. Her last image was him walking out the door.

"I haven't seen him since," Walker said.

The 71-year-old Lakeland woman was testifying at the trial of Dorice "DeeDee" Moore, who is accused of stealing Shakespeare's remaining wealth and fatally shooting him.

After disappearing for months, Shakespeare's body was found Jan. 28, 2010, buried underneath a concrete slab behind a Plant City home that Moore had purchased. He had been shot twice in the chest.

Moore is charged with first-degree murder. If convicted as charged, she faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

Testimony is expected to continue today.

Walker told jurors she considered Moore to be a nice-dressing, professional businesswoman. She drove a Hummer and had plans to write a book about Shakespeare's life.

After her son went missing in April 2009, Walker testified Moore insisted for months that Shakespeare was alive.

She said Moore provided different accounts of what happened to Shakespeare, including that Shakespeare moved out of town or was sick and receiving treatment.

Moore began spending more time with Walker, taking her to theme parks like Bush Gardens and the Holy Land Experience. She even gave Walker a sign for her wall with an inspirational message: ‘‘I will not worry.''

As detectives began to focus their investigation on Moore, Walker testified that she initially felt sorry for Moore.

Investigators say Moore took steps to convince Walker that her son was alive, including paying Shakespeare's cousin $5,000 to deliver a birthday card to Walker that was supposedly written by Shakespeare as well as paying $300 to one of Shakespeare's friends, Greg Smith, to call Walker and pretend to be Shakespeare.

Walker testified that she got the telephone call a few days after Christmas while eating at a Cracker Barrel restaurant with Moore.

She said the person on the phone didn't sound like her son.

Detectives used phone records and traced the call to Smith, and he agreed to be a confidential informant and secretly record his conversations with Moore.

Smith has not yet been called to testify in Moore's trial.

Investigative reports state Moore offered an undercover officer $50,000 to take the blame for Shakespeare's death, handed over a .38-caliber revolver to Smith that detectives believe to be the murder weapon, and revealed to Smith the location of Shakespeare's body.

Jurors also heard testimony Thursday from a detective about investigating the tangled financial relationship between Moore and Shakespeare.

Jurors listened to an hour recorded interview that Christopher Lynn, a detective with the Polk County Sheriff's Office, conducted with Moore on Nov. 24, 2009, before Shakespeare's body was discovered.

Outside the jury's presence, Circuit Court Judge Emmett Lamar Battles scolded Moore for gesturing, nodding and showing other body language when the recording was played for jurors.

The judge indicated the conduct could be viewed as Moore trying to communicate to jurors her approval or disapproval with things being said on the recording.

"It is not in your best interest, and it is not acceptable," Battles warned Moore.

The judge made a similar admonishment Tuesday to Moore during jury selection.

Moore told the detective in the recorded interview that if she was guilty of anything it was trying to help Shakespeare protect his assets during a pending child support case.

She also said she paid Shakespeare for loans that he made to people who likely weren't going to repay them.

"I did everything to help the man," Moore said.

However, prosecutors say Moore had a different motive. They say Moore became Shakespeare's trusted financial adviser to steal his remaining $1.5 million, his Lakeland mansion worth more than $1 million, and various outstanding loans to Shakespeare's friends and acquaintances.

At the time of the recorded interview between Moore and the detective, the Polk County Sheriff's Office was searching for any trace of Shakespeare, and detectives focused on Moore, who had control of his assets.

Lynn testified that Moore described herself as a wealthy businesswoman who owned American Medical Professionals, a medical staffing company.

She said Shakespeare had left town after she bought his assets. "I told you I got nothing to hide," Moore said.

Moore said Shakespeare's finances were a mess, and she accused him of "loansharking." She said Shakespeare also would lend money to people without conducting credit checks, and they couldn't afford to pay him back.

"Abraham got taken advantage of by a lot of people," Moore said.

The detective asked Moore to prove how she paid Shakespeare and what bank account she used to buy Shakespeare's assets.

Moore told the detective that Shakespeare wanted to be paid in cash and repeatedly offered to write a summary about how the transactions took place. Lynn testified that Moore never provided such a written summary to investi-gators.

<p>UPDATE: TAMPA | The murder trial of Dorice "DeeDee" Moore is being delayed slightly this morning because the 40-year-old Lakeland woman has had an adverse reaction to medicine.</p><p>Moore was delayed in receiving her prescribed medicine and also had an adverse reaction to a medicine that caused her tongue to swell.</p><p>A doctor is coming to Tampa's downtown courthouse to evaluate and treat her. </p><p>Circuit Court Judge Emmett Lamar Battles said Moore will receive medical attention that she needs, and the trial is expected to continue later today.</p><p>Deputies are also working to adjust Moore's ankle shackles so they don't harm her. The judge suggested additional socks for Moore might be necessary.</p><p></p><p>Today's article appears below:</p><p></p><p>TAMPA | Elizabeth Walker recalled Thursday the last time she saw her son, Abraham Shakespeare, alive.</p><p>Her son — a multimillionaire lottery winner who gave away most of his fortune — brought over a CD player to replace a broken one at her house. Her last image was him walking out the door.</p><p>"I haven't seen him since," Walker said.</p><p>The 71-year-old Lakeland woman was testifying at the trial of Dorice "DeeDee" Moore, who is accused of stealing Shakespeare's remaining wealth and fatally shooting him.</p><p>After disappearing for months, Shakespeare's body was found Jan. 28, 2010, buried underneath a concrete slab behind a Plant City home that Moore had purchased. He had been shot twice in the chest.</p><p>Moore is charged with first-degree murder. If convicted as charged, she faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.</p><p>Testimony is expected to continue today.</p><p>Walker told jurors she considered Moore to be a nice-dressing, professional businesswoman. She drove a Hummer and had plans to write a book about Shakespeare's life.</p><p>After her son went missing in April 2009, Walker testified Moore insisted for months that Shakespeare was alive.</p><p>She said Moore provided different accounts of what happened to Shakespeare, including that Shakespeare moved out of town or was sick and receiving treatment.</p><p>Moore began spending more time with Walker, taking her to theme parks like Bush Gardens and the Holy Land Experience. She even gave Walker a sign for her wall with an inspirational message: ''I will not worry.''</p><p>As detectives began to focus their investigation on Moore, Walker testified that she initially felt sorry for Moore.</p><p>Investigators say Moore took steps to convince Walker that her son was alive, including paying Shakespeare's cousin $5,000 to deliver a birthday card to Walker that was supposedly written by Shakespeare as well as paying $300 to one of Shakespeare's friends, Greg Smith, to call Walker and pretend to be Shakespeare.</p><p>Walker testified that she got the telephone call a few days after Christmas while eating at a Cracker Barrel restaurant with Moore.</p><p>She said the person on the phone didn't sound like her son.</p><p>Detectives used phone records and traced the call to Smith, and he agreed to be a confidential informant and secretly record his conversations with Moore.</p><p>Smith has not yet been called to testify in Moore's trial.</p><p>Investigative reports state Moore offered an undercover officer $50,000 to take the blame for Shakespeare's death, handed over a .38-caliber revolver to Smith that detectives believe to be the murder weapon, and revealed to Smith the location of Shakespeare's body.</p><p>Jurors also heard testimony Thursday from a detective about investigating the tangled financial relationship between Moore and Shakespeare.</p><p>Jurors listened to an hour recorded interview that Christopher Lynn, a detective with the Polk County Sheriff's Office, conducted with Moore on Nov. 24, 2009, before Shakespeare's body was discovered.</p><p>Outside the jury's presence, Circuit Court Judge Emmett Lamar Battles scolded Moore for gesturing, nodding and showing other body language when the recording was played for jurors.</p><p>The judge indicated the conduct could be viewed as Moore trying to communicate to jurors her approval or disapproval with things being said on the recording.</p><p>"It is not in your best interest, and it is not acceptable," Battles warned Moore.</p><p>The judge made a similar admonishment Tuesday to Moore during jury selection.</p><p>Moore told the detective in the recorded interview that if she was guilty of anything it was trying to help Shakespeare protect his assets during a pending child support case.</p><p>She also said she paid Shakespeare for loans that he made to people who likely weren't going to repay them.</p><p>"I did everything to help the man," Moore said.</p><p>However, prosecutors say Moore had a different motive. They say Moore became Shakespeare's trusted financial adviser to steal his remaining $1.5 million, his Lakeland mansion worth more than $1 million, and various outstanding loans to Shakespeare's friends and acquaintances.</p><p>At the time of the recorded interview between Moore and the detective, the Polk County Sheriff's Office was searching for any trace of Shakespeare, and detectives focused on Moore, who had control of his assets.</p><p>Lynn testified that Moore described herself as a wealthy businesswoman who owned American Medical Professionals, a medical staffing company.</p><p>She said Shakespeare had left town after she bought his assets. "I told you I got nothing to hide," Moore said.</p><p>Moore said Shakespeare's finances were a mess, and she accused him of "loansharking." She said Shakespeare also would lend money to people without conducting credit checks, and they couldn't afford to pay him back.</p><p>"Abraham got taken advantage of by a lot of people," Moore said.</p><p>The detective asked Moore to prove how she paid Shakespeare and what bank account she used to buy Shakespeare's assets.</p><p>Moore told the detective that Shakespeare wanted to be paid in cash and repeatedly offered to write a summary about how the transactions took place. Lynn testified that Moore never provided such a written summary to investi-gators.</p>